Frequently Asked Questions
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Below you will find answers to some commonly-asked questions about this web site and the issues it raises.
If you have a question that you do not see answered here, please contact standonguardforcbc [at] earsay [dot] com.
CBC-related
Q: What is the mandate of the CBC?
A: You can find the CBC mandate on their web site, here.
Q: Who is on the Board of Directors?
Q: How much money has CBC spent to advertise their New Radio 2 since April 2008?
A: The coalition estimates that from April to August 2008, over a million dollars was spent by CBC to advertise the upcoming changes on Radio 2. The fall ad campaign is much vaster in scope and current estimates start at 2 million. You can follow the list of places the advertising has been seen on this web page.
About Radio Orchestras
Q: How many radio orchestras are there world-wide?
GERMANY: 8
UK: 5
FRANCE: 2
The following countries have one radio orchestra each:
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK
ESTONIA, FINLAND, GREECE, HUNGARY, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA, LATVIA, NORWAY, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN.
Until November 2008, Canada can count itself among these cultured nations.
Q: What has been the annual budget for the CBC Radio Orchestra in past years?
A: Estimates vary depending on what salary items are included in the estimate, but the numbers that have been circultated in the press vary between $400,000 to $600,000 per year.
About posting to this site
Q: How do I submit to this site an opinion piece or a letter I have written?
A: You can comment on any article on our site by registering. If you would like to submit your opinion to the site, please send your writing in an email message as text or raw html to: standonguardforcbc [at] earsay [dot] com.
About the history of Stand On Guard for CBC
Q: How did this Stand On Guard for CBC movement get started?
A: On the morning of March 27, 2008, a number of musicians and concerned citizens got word of a CBC “internal memo” that was leaked to Regional Director of the Canadian Music Centre, Colin Miles, who then informed many musicians and concerned citizens in Vancouver that the Director of Radio Music, Mark Steinmetz, was arriving from Toronto to make an announcement that Steinmetz described in the memo as “an internal matter.” It turned out to be the announcement that the Radio Orchestra would be cut. The reaction from the community of music professionals and CBC listeners was immediate and swift. At a meeting three days later at the home of Colin Miles, with about 35 very prominent musicians, composers, philanthropists, and producers in attendance, Stand On Guard for CBC Coalition was born.
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